On behalf of our client, global event company with entities in multiple countries, we are looking for an experienced, motivated and dynamic professional for a position located in the canton Basel, Switzerland as:
General Counsel 100%
Your Responsibilities:
- Responsible for advising the CEO and Senior Executive Team on all legal and commercial matters affecting the Company’s reputation, risk, and strategy
- Responsible for working closely with the Senior Executive Team on corporate and commercial strategy, including business and corporate development initiatives
- Responsible for supporting the development of the global strategy and its implementation in commercial transactions
- Responsible for leading and supporting major transactions and negotiations, including M&A, partnerships, and similar matters
- Structure deals and guide execution for new business/corporate development
- Lead and manage board and corporate approval processes
- Provide legal support for fair operations (e.g. content, infrastructure, etc)
- Embed the Company’s Group governance & compliance best practice across the business
- Build and implement legal tools and processes for Company operations
- Align legal and risk requirements & outcomes across the Company’s value chain (galleries, visitors/VIP’s, partnerships, operations)
- Standardise and professionalise the Company’s legal outputs (eg visitor rules, exhibition regs, online terms)
- Provide legal support to the HR team, including employment and organisational matters.
- Manage and resolve commercial disputes
- Liaise and align with the Company Group’s legal, risk, finance and tax functions as required
- Liaise with the Company Group’s Board of Directors as required
- Responsible for the instruction of external counsel and the management of the Company’s legal budget.
Your Profile:
- Law degree with a strong focus on international law is required
- Additional academic qualifications or continuing education in business, or management is required
- At least 20 years of senior-level professional experience in the event, entertainment media industry, with a deep understanding of media, cultural and digital business models, including technological developments, digital transformation and innovation
- Min. 15 years of in-house experience in complex global organisations, including direct experience with businesses operating in Asia, Europe, the United States and the Middle East is required
- At least 10 years of proven experience in senior legal roles with primary responsibility for leading and executing complex international M&A transactions, including large scale, cross border deals with transaction values in the multi billion range
- At least 10 years’ of deep expertise in IP law, ideally within the event/entertainment/media business
- Minimum 10 years of experience at General Counsel level, including responsibility for managing, transforming and developing operating and organisational structures
- Strong corporate and commercial law expertise across multiple jurisdictions, including leading complex deal negotiations, managing multiple stakeholders and supporting business/operating teams
- Proven track record in leading and managing multi-disciplinary project workstreams, including strategy, tax, finance, compliance/risk and operations
- Extensive experience working with senior/board-level executives in global organisations, with the ability to positive influence decision making at executive and board level in a constructive and credible manner
- Native/business-level proficiency in English
- Ability to work independently, manage novel structures and take responsibility for commercial risk
- Flexibility to operate across multiple jurisdictions, including a willingness to travel regularly.
If you can identify yourself with the requirements of this challenging position, we look forward to receiving your application (English CV and certificates/diplomas).
For environmental and efficiency reasons, we would like to ask you to submit your application via our online application platform (click on "Apply") rather than by e-mail or by post.
Ihre Ansprechpartnerin
Frau Elena Budagaschwili
Kontakt
MEVELIN AG
Ruopigen Zentrum
6015 Luzern